Found this place because of an awesome Groupon they have where you can get 2 cute/funny beer steins and a sausage platter for a great price! And I’m so happy we came here
The atmosphere is so fun and definitely has little German village vibes and it’s pretty big! There’s an hug outside seating area, beirgarten, piano lounge bar, upstairs dining, and cool little upstairs bar
The service is great here and the sausage platter was delicious! I do wish it came with some bread though
Best of all the beer was super yummy!
100% recommend this restaurant/bar
Food is good and service was great. Silvia is awesome, my only complaint is that the kitchen kept messing up the orders. Try the Rüdesheimer Kaffee made by Silvia in the middle bar (December Sundays only) they're so good!
A friend took me here for the first time and I enjoyed it! The beer selection was great and the Hungarian Goulash yummy! We sat upstairs at the little bar where our server was so knowledgeable on the menu and friendly! I would definitely go back.
This place has amazing food and quality service, except for one middle aged lady from the second floor, her service was awful and would deliberately ignore you or give you attitude when finally given attention. Anyway, the beer was of great quality with a varied selection, the food was delivered promptly and tasted fresh, and the decor seemed authentic and has its own history.
The few complaints I have are that the restrooms are too small and aren't as clean. The amount of seating available isn't the best and may result in having to either stand or leave all entirely. Oh and there isn't much parking.
Love the place, been coming here since the Mid 2000s and will continue coming in the future. Highly recommended, just avoid the second floor lady.
Pretty cool place to check out. We hung out for a while and ordered the pretzel platter, sausage platter, and flights/beers. Our original server was just ok, but I would come back again. Their parking lot is very small and at least 2 of the spots are reserved for tenants who live next store, but there is metered and non metered street parking near by.
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Really awesome place for my first time attending Red Lion Tavern went in for a "quick" Lunch with my girlfriend. we started off with the Pretzel Platter and a pitcher of Warsteiner Dunkel and while we were deciding on what to order from the many delicious selections on the menu our appetizer arrived along with the beer wasn't a long wait at all we ended up ordering The Käsekrainer Plate for myself & Red Lion Gehacktes Steak for my girlfriend the meal was amazing with the waitress checking up on us every now and then she really made sure we were happy with our food and visit when we finished eating we had a shot of Apple schnapps for dessert at this point we were really full and ready to pay the bill but our waitress convinced us for an other pitcher of beer we ordered Bitburger Pilsner and went to hang out in the patio our "quick" Lunch turned into a 3 hours stay.
All together we paid $140 for the complete meal and 2 pitchers plus a Tip to the waitress as it was very deserved as she got out of her way to make sure we were content with our visit
Great atmosphere. It is legit like a German tavern. Met up with some friends here to watch a soccer game. Seating was interesting lol around a round table and in an incline. The service was good. The food was yes and no. The pretzel with the pretzel mustard and sauce was delicious, but the sauerkraut was tasteless: it didn’t have that bite. Plates are sometimes big enough to share. Parking was easy: street parking. Interesting place.
Taste :4.7/5
Environment: 4.5/5
Service：4.2/5
The best pork leg in LA and vibe is chill .
The portion is worthy for the price . Suggested dish to share for 2 pax
Recommend
💛Gerauchertes Eisbein
Baked, smoked pork shank
💛Sausage Platter
Most popular dish!
Three whole German sausages (bratwurst, knackwurst, smoked bockwurst)
💛Red Lion Schnitzel
Pork cutlet breaded and pan-tried 。 crispy texture
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Relaxed German tavern with an outdoor patio good for big groups. Came here on a group of three on a Monday around 2 and sat ourselves outside. They have self-service water with condiments at both sides, and there are plenty of tables good for big groups. Street parking as well as a small lot was available. Credit cards and cash are accepted. There are bathrooms available inside and there is an indoor dining space as well, although no one was sitting in there when we went.
It was happy hour at the time we were there, and so we opted to grab some fish and chips (comes with three pieces of fish) and potato pancakes (comes with 3 pieces as well). The fish and chips came piping hot and the curry ketchup was sooooo good (you get this from the condiments table). The potato pancakes were nicely fried and came with sour cream, apple sauce, and a jam. We also had a Groupon deal for a sausage platter which was good to serve three people who had just gone on a hike at Griffith. There were three different types of sausages, all of which were cut up into smaller pieces and were all equally delicious. Overall, it’s a casual spot to grab some German food and drinks
As a German Immigrant I approve of this restaurant. Sehr gut.
Some of the food doesn’t taste exactly like it’s German counter part but we’re not in Germany and most people wouldn’t notice the difference anyway. The beers are on point.
Covid adding the new permanent outdoor eating space made the place twice as good.
Does get very busy on weekend evenings. So keep that in mind. I’ve waited 30min multiple times.
In an unintentional extension of German culture The cha cha lounge across the street is one of the few places in the city that has foosball.
Eisbein is enormous and really good. Sausages appetizer is great. Good is great overall and good selection of beer.
Not so good - parking is tiny, look for street parking, usually you can find something in a walkable distance.
Great place for German beer(on draft) and some food.
Also they show sports. I really like it here.
This place The Red Lion Tavern is an amazing German bar garden, they got an amazing unique atmosphere, really good German food menu and German beer selections. The decoration of the place makes you feel you are in Germany. They got 3 different bars in this place 2 indoor in the 1st floor and the other one in the second floor and one outdoor at the beer garden. It is hard to describe how this place feels like which means you need to come here and experience it by yourself.
Ambience is amazing. We sat at the bar and ordered directly from the bartender. Don't ask her how to pronounce some of the beers cause she'll say it's pronounced how she already said it lol. We would still come back though cause service is still good.
Food servings are incredibly huge. My girlfriend and I ordered 2 plates, a pretzel and a soup, and The leftovers were enough for dinner. The sausage platter is really good, and so is the pretzel. The pork is saltier than expected and that made it hard to eat. Goulash soup wasn't anything special, wouldn't get that again.
Also don't make the mistake of sitting at the bar if you want food like we did. We thought that because there was maybe a total of like 6 people in the bar, we would be fine, but service is intent slow unless you're sitting at the bar. Sometimes the bartender/waitress just ignores you. I would think the garden is nicer, but definitely hotter during the summer.
Red Lion Tavern offers a rare opportunity to sample authentic German food in LA. They offer an expansive selection of German beers on draft and great traditional staples from sauerbraten to goulash to jägerschnitzel. Service is friendly and efficient. Prices are incredibly cheap for the location.
They have an expansive biergarten in back and a small bar in front on the bottom floor as well as a covered semi outdoor dining area on the roof. Its a very old tavern and overall it's a little bit of a dive but as long you go in with those expectations the food and everything else more than makes up for it especially if you go for an afternoon lunch.
I will definitely be back next time I'm craving German food.
There's a small number parking spots on site as well as street parking.
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